Grain-clfaning device



` sept 2, 193D- A. J. HARTLEY GRAIN CLEANING DEVICE Filed Sept. 50.' 1929 .2 Sheng-Sheet l J l Q N'V' ENT DE.

'I'TDENEYE Sept 2, 1930 A. J. HARTLEY GRAIN CLEANING DEVICE Filed sept. 30, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Y am Ely-5 -TTQ through. This screen has its ende suitebly secured to the previously described end plates ll and l2.

Beneath the screen is :i hopper' 22 in which rotates :1n auger 223. 'This :lun/'er disposed in the bottoni et the hopper :ind Yin such position :is to piel; up the separated weed seeds und other metier end to 'torce sanne outJ et the clezine' inte :my recepuicie his that muy be utilized to receive saune. rl :nigger 23 mounted upon has suitable bearing` suppe plates 1l and l2 ot the cleaner.

lilith respect to the series ot grain n" im; und cleaning; blades might bc that in each ot t e :fries there it; n plurality o t enguieirly po honed bluAY niennmrs one ot Laid hlndls being shon'n n i o d 'fittings These blades and arranged as not onl delivered thereto by t.. surtsice ot the screeru gri L in towards the oppo und finally to such :i 'le i" upbythe plura-x zoop.'v secured, :is et 26, to n phde is tli-:edly attached to the shiilft Y therewith.

As respects the operetioi'i c grain cleaning' device, lthe jrnii' by gravity o' any desirubte into the cleaning device. zuigen or rz'ither the auger p the incoming ,e 'ein dire-eti): i. i the rotating' blades. ymich in turn Leit-re the frein over the inner fluriice o the perforated cylinder. These lihnles also operate to move the grain continuous 1 through 'the cleaner. The agitation o'l the against the cylinder results` in the exi o" the ive-ed Seeds and other extraneous in-dter 'from the ,ejrniln and the cleaned gru in is picliied up continuously by n series et Scoops :ind ejected forcibly from the cleaner.

Ars has been described there is fi. ,f-tnmp d posed beneath the pertorated cylinderr` in which :i continuouslyv rotming finger disposed sind which operates to curry anni' the unile-,fired metter expelled from the c y-*hnderz l That l claim is:

l. A grain cleaning' device compr c L: stationary perforated cylintlerq e Shiite mounted Within the cylinder end ,\:\'t.e'id'n,\; longitudinally thereof, :i rotate ile b I- member mounted on seid shaft tor ngitnting the grain during' its movement through the cylinder in such e munner thzit extraneous metter is expelled from the gratin through the perforated Cylinder`r i grain inlet-openin :it one end ot the cylinder und :t sepa 'ete feed member on said shaft adjacent the openingr` end in the path of the incoming' grain shaped to detiect and propel the grain directlv into the path ot said blnded member, the

to :ic'itete 1T 1.o more v imeii xp irl/cl 0i tilt c: d' thut me is i 'i'lieflle :i1-coo i' which in turn said members being' spaced subetnntinlly trom the wells of the cylinder.

2. A grain cleaning device comprising' i; stationary perforated cylinder, :i shaft mounted Within the cylinder and eritendint` longitudinally thereof, e rot'L sible binded member mounted on said shaft 'tor ngitnting the grain during` its movement through the cylinder in such n nuinner that extraneous matter is expelled the perforated cylif l Y inf; :it one end oit u (y Ander, :i sepa 'nte toed member on siiid shaft mljucent tl e oponingg' :ind in the iv th et the inconnue' grain shaped to deflectinid propel the 1min directly into the path et seid blzided member, the suid members lu' t; epiiced .siibstlintinliv from the wells of the cylindeig and :icoop members at the opge-site end of the cylinder tor exiielling' the cienned grain iii im the do vi 3. A grain cleaning); device coni'n'isint` n stationary cylindrical screen member, shattmounted \\itl in said screen member :1nd extending;l longitudinally hereot'. zi plun relity ot blades secured to siiid shui't in euch :i manner :s to zigljitnte lthe grain :ugliest the inner surface of the screen din'ine the con tinuous movement oi the grain through` thus expelling' the extraneous inzit/er 'from the grain, u, gr: in iiilet-openingl :it one end of the screen men'iber, :i member huving` the shape ot :i portion of nn ringer und substuf tizilly one turn in lenjli, mounted on smid shaft adjacent the opening` und in the prati ot the incomir grain operable to deflect und propel the incoming' grain directly into the pri-th of seid blades"y und :i eeries of lof-'p members attached to the shaft et the opp i i end of the cylinder 'for expelling the clez ned gratin from the cleaner.

ln testimony whereof have liereunto zii.'- lifzediny signature.

ARTHUR J. HBTLEY.

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